Metallic fastener for merchandise-envelops.



c. E. CATHER. METALLIC FASTENER-FOR MERCHANDISE ENVELOPS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.3.1915.

Patented uly 31, 1917.

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CHARLES E. CATHER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITEDSTATES ENVELOPE COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OFMAINE.

METALLIC FASTENEB FOR MEBCI'IANDISE-ENVELOPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHARLEs E. CATHER, a. citizen of the United States,residing at lVorcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in MetallicFasteners for Merchandise-Envelops, of which the following is aspecification, accompanied by drawings forminga part of the same.

My present invention relates to that class of merchandise envelope inwhich the sealing flap is secured to the body of the envelop by a pairof bendable tongues adapted to be inserted through an opening in theseal flap and bent down upon the outer surface of the seal flap.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a metallic fastener applied toa merchandise envelop embodying the novel features of my invention whichare hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front view of a merchandis envelop'having a metallicfastener attached to the body thereof, said envelop being represented inan extended position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the seal flap end of the envelop andhaving the bendable tongues of the metallic fastener raised in positionto be inserted through the opening in the seal flap.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the seal flap end of the envelop showingthe seal flap closed and secured by the metallic fastener.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in the differentfigures.

In the accompanying drawings 1 denotes th body portion of a merchandiseenvelop, 2 the sealing flap by which the open end of the envelop isclosed. Said sealing flap is provided with an opening 3 adapted toreceive a pair of bendable tongues securely attached to the body portionof the envelop.

In the present instance the metallic fastener is represented as having apair of bendable tongues 4, 5, projecting in opposite directions from acentral plate 6, said central plate having at its ends laterallyextending arms 7 which are attached to the body portion of the envelopin the usual and well known manner. In the completed envelop thebendable tongues lie flat agalnst the body of the envelop as representedin Fig. 1. In the operation of closing the envelop the bendable tonguesare bent upwardly as shown in Fig. 2, bring- 1ng their tipsapproximately together to enable both tongues to be passed through theopening 3, when the tongues are again bent down upon the outer surfaceof the seal flap, as represented in Fig. 3.

My present invention is not concerned with the method of attaching thebendable tongues to the body portion of the envelop. In the presentinstance I have shown them as attached by a method now in common use,but other means of attachment may be employed without departing from thespirit of my invention, which relates solely to the means forfacilitating the bending of the tongues down upon the outer surface ofthe seal flap. To facilitate the bending of the tongues the free end ofeach of the bendable tongues t and 5 is provided with laterallyprojecting wings 8 and 9. Said wings 8 and 9 are extended from oppositeedges of the tongues & and 5, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3. Theprojecting wings 8 and 9 enable each of the tongues to be engaged by thefinger and pressed in opposite directions in order to fold them upon theouter surface of the seal fiap. When the bendabl tongues 4 and 5 havebeen passed through the opening 3 and the seal flap closed down intocontact with the body of the envelop, pressure may be readily applied inopposite directions to the wings 8 and 9, however closely the free endsof the bendable tongues may have been brought together.

I claim,

1. A metallic fastener for envelops, comprising a central plate providedwith means for attaching the same to the body of an envelop, and a pairof parallel bendable tongues extending from opposite sides of saidcentral plate, each of said tongues being provided with a laterallyextended wing at its free end, said wings projecting in oppositedirections from the oppositely disposed edges of said tongues.

2. A metallic fastener for envelops, comprising a pairof oppositelydisposed bendable tongues, one of said tongues having an integral wingextending from one of its edges, and the other of said tongues having anintegral Wing extending from one of its laterally from its upper end,said Wing's edges in the opposite direetlon to sa d first being disposedon oppos te sides of said 0 named mug and in substantlally the sometongues.

plane as said first named Wing. Dated this 27th day of November 1915. 3.A metallic fastener for envelope, com- CHARLES E. CATHER.

prising a pair of oppositely disposed benditnesses:

able tongues oiequal length, each of said PENELOPE COMBERBACH,

tongues having an integ 'a'l wing extending NELLIE vVHALEN.

fiopies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

